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Court orders to investigate contents in model Meghna Alam's mobile and laptop

A Dhaka court on Tuesday asked the government to conduct an investigation to determine whether there was any anti-state element in the mobile phone and laptop, owned by model Meghna Alam in a fraud and extortion case filed with Dhanmondi police station. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate MA Azharul Islam passed the order and asked the investigating officer of the case to submit a report after verifying the ownership of the MacBook, passport, mobile phone, and laptop seized at the time of arrest of the model. On June 22, a petition was filed to take custody of the Macbook, passport, mobile and laptop of Meghna, which were seized during her arrest. Later, Meghna’s counsel Mahsin Reza and Mahima Badhon filed another petition seeking to return the seized belongings of Meghna. Advocate Harun-or-Rashid stood for the state. Mehgna was present on the dock during the hearing. On April 28, a Dhaka court granted bail to model and chairperson of Miss Bangladesh Foundation Meghna Alam in the case. The court also placed Dewan Samir, an aide of the model, on a five-day remand after showing him arrested in the same case. According to the case statement, Megna and Samir along with two to three unidentified people were active members of a ‘fraud gang’. Model Meghna gets bail in fraud case Allegations have been brought against them that they were involved in alluring foreign diplomats and representatives stationed in Bangladesh, as well as wealthy local businessmen, into romantic affairs through attractive women. Once involved, they applied different tactics to tarnish their reputation in order to extort money through engaging them into illicit relationships and subsequently blackmailed using various deceptive methods. It is also mentioned that Samir, CEO of a business entity called Kawaii Group and the owner of a manpower company named Sanjana International, operated a business entity named MirAI International Event Management Ltd. He allegedly appointed various attractive and smart women as brand ambassadors of the company to facilitate easy access to foreign diplomats and wealthy businessmen. As part of a scheme to make his manpower and other businesses more profitable, Samir, with the help of his co-accused and driven by dishonest intentions, would target foreign diplomats and blackmail them. Using these women as intermediaries, he would extort large sums of money from the victims under threat of reputational harm. On April 9, DB picked up Meghna from her residence in Bashundhara residential area of Dhaka and later taken into custody the following day for 30 days, triggering criticism over the matter. Ahead of the arrest, Meghna in a Facebook live alleged that people posing them as police personnel were trying to enter her house breaking open its door. On April 13, the High Court issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the arrest of model Meghna Alam should not be declared illegal.

4 months ago

Son, 2 others to die for killing man in Sylhet

A Sylhet court on Tuesday sentenced three people, including a man for killing his father Advocate Shamsul Islam Chowdhury in 2011. The convicts were Masud Ahmed Chowdhury, son of Shamsul Islam, Zaher Ali and Ansar Ahmed. Sylhet Divisional Special Judge Shahdat Hosain Pramanik handed down the punishment. The court also sentenced Borhan Uddin, a microbus driver, to three years in jail and fined him Tk 5000. According to the prosecution, Advocate Shamsul along with his younger son Munna used to live in a house in Mirboxtula of Sylhet city while four daughters and one son lived in different places including Dhaka. On July 17, 2011, Advocate Shamsul went missing on the day of Shab-e-Barat. A general diary was lodged with Kotwali Police Station. On July 22, 2011, Munna went into hiding. Mahmud Ahmed Chowdhury, elder son of Advocate Shamsul, filed a murder case against five people including his younger brother Munna on August 4, 2011. Court orders freezing ex-minister Saifuzzaman’s assets Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three people including Ansar, Borhan and Ranu in connection with their involvement in the case. Among them, Ansar and Borhan gave their statement under section 164 in the case. According to the statement, Munna first hit his father with a heavy stone while he was offering his prayers on July 17, 2011 as he denied to give the front portion of their house in the name of Munna. When Advocate Shamsul got unconscious he pushed sedative injection and threw the body in the Surma River after taking him by an ambulance. Later, police recovered the body of Shamsul at Brahmangaon village in Sunamganj district. Driver Borhan and two others assisted Munna in the murder. After examining the records and witnesses, the court handed down the punishment and acquitted another accused Ranu in the case as allegations brought against him could not be proved.

6 months ago

Court orders release of Ctg woman wrongly put behind bars

A Chattogram court on Tuesday ordered the release of Hasina Begum put behind bars wrongly one and a half years back. Additional Metropolitan Session Court -4 Judge Shariful Alam Bhuiyan passed the order this noon, said bench assistant of the court Omar Fuad. Hasina Begum, 28, wife of Hamid Hossain of Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar district, has been serving the jail term instead of real convict Hasina Akther,42, in a narcotic case as law enforcers arrested her wrongly for the similarity of her name to the convict’s. The incident came in the limelight on Sunday as defence lawyer Golam Mawla Murad drew the attention of the Judge of Chattogram Additional Metropolitan Session Court -4, Shariful Alam Bhuiyan, following a police investigation. Defence lawyer Golam Mawla Murad told reporters on Tuesday that they are yet to receive the full verdict of the court. Earlier in the morning, the jail authorities were asked to submit a report to the court saying Hasina Begum and Hasina Akther are two different persons, and Hasina Begum is not an accused. Advocate Murad said, “No case was filed against Hasina Begum, now in jail. But she has been languishing in jail for the last one and a half years. Her only offence is the similarity of her name to that of the real accused. Their parents’ names are also different.” Hasina Begum is the wife of Hamid Hossain of Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar district while the real convict, Hasina Akther, is the wife of Hamid Hossain of Ismail Hazi Bari of the same upazila. According to the court, police recovered 2,000 Yaba pills from Moijjartek in Karnaphuli on February 24, 2017. A case was then filed in this connection. Later, police arrested Hasina Akhter on February 25, 2017 in this connection. On November 27, Hasina Akhter secured bail from the court and went into hiding. On July 1, 2019, Judge of Chattogram Metropolitan Court-5 Jannatul Ferdous sentenced six years’ jail to Hasina Akhter and fined Tk 5,000. On December 26, 2019, police wrongly arrested Hasina Begum from Chowdhurypara Hossain Boro Bari in Teknaf in the case and she has been in jail since then.

4 years ago